Marshall Briefs

August 18, 2006|Staff Reports

PLYMOUTH

Rokita says 1 in 4 registrations bogus

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita said Thursday that 1.1 million letters -- out of the 43 million his office sent to names on the state's voter registration roll -- came back as undeliverable. Rokita, who was in Plymouth to speak to Marshall County Republicans, said, "When one in four are erroneous ... Why wouldn't you want to clean that up?" Rokita spoke of his steps to rid the state's voter registration list of duplicate or inaccurate names and addresses, saying half of the 1.1 million pieces of mail returned to his office resulted in placement of those names on the inactive rolls. "If they (those placed on the inactive list) show a photo ID, we will move them back to active," Rokita said. Rokita said the requirement by voters to present a photo ID was a "tough decision," and said some critics called him a racist. But, he explained, the step was necessary to clean up the voter registration roll. PLYMOUTH

Health board to meet Tuesday

The Marshall County Board of Health will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 203 of the Marshall County Building, 112 W. Jefferson St. The public should use the north entrance of the building to attend. Included on the agenda will be hearings on unsafe buildings, the county health officer's report, food service report, public health coordinator's report and a brief presentation from Wes Burden, health department director, concerning problems specifically associated with lake lots within the county. CULVER

Culver GOP slates convention Saturday

Culver Republicans in the Union 1 precinct will hold a town convention at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Train Depot to fill the slate of candidates vying for election to the Culver Town Council in November. Candidates are Tina Hissong, Sally Riccardi, Lynn Overmyer and David Cooper.